Artificial bait.



L. P. MASON.

AHTIFICAL BAIT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.'25. I916. RENEWED JULY 6. I918.

1,298,500, Patented Feb. 4, 1919.

wam Lymahfilwom LYMAN r. MASON, or'cmoAoo'iLtI'iTors.

ARTIFICIAL BAIT.

Application filed November 25, 1916, Serial No. 133,461.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I LYMAN I MASON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Artificial Baits. of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain novel and useful improvements in artificial bait.

In carrying out the present invention, it is my purpose to provide artificial bait for casting or trolling of fish.where n the body of the bait or lure will be equipped \v1th hooks loosely connected thereto and suitably spaced apart, and radial blades at one end thereof and acting to revolve the body as the bait is drawn through the water so that the hooks will be thrown outwardly from the body under the action of centrifugal force in order to catch the fish that approach the bait but do not bite.

\Vith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth and falling within the scope of the claim. I

In the accompanying draw1ngz-- Figure l is a view in side elevation of an artificial bait construction.

Fig. 2 is an end view of the same.

Referring now to the drawing in detaihl designates the body of the bait, which 1s preferably circular in cross section and taporing from one end to the other. Fastened to the body 1 at one end thereof are radial blades 2 spaced apart equal distances and arranged at. such an angle to the body as to revolve the latter when the bait is placed in a running stream or drawn through the water. Fasteued to the body 1 are annular rows of eye screws 3 spaced apart longitudinally of the body, and the screws in each row are spaced apart equal distances around the body and preferably alternate with the screws in the adjacent row. Loosely connected to each eye screw is a fish book 4, while connected to the end of the body remote from the blades 2 is an eye screw 5, and loosely connected to the eye screw 5 is a multiple fishhook 6.

In practice, the bait is submerged in the Specificatioii of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 4:, 1919.

Renewed July 6, 1918. Serial No. 243,709.

water, and may be drawn through the water so that the blades 2 will revolve the body 1. and in the rotation of the body 1, the hooks 4 are thrown outwardly therefrom under the action of centrifugal force, thereby catching the fish in the vicinity of the bait that do not bite.

Under some circumstances, I may desire to hold the hooks 4 rigidly to the body 1 so that the hooks and the body will travel through the water as a unit. For this purpose holding hooks 7 are secured to the body 1 adjacent to the respective eyes 3. and the hooks 4 adjacent to the beveled ends are adapted to be engaged beneath the books 7 so that the hooks 4 will be held rigidly to the body 1 and at a tangent thereto, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The hooks 7 are arranged in transverse alinement with their respective eye screws 3 and therefore hold the shanks of the fish hooks substantially at right angles to the medial center of the body 1 so that the gafl ends of the hooks stand at a considerable distance from the body making it easy for fish to swallow them. The body 1 is also preferably formed with grooves, 8, and these grooves-are adapted to receive the outer ends of the respective hooks 4, so that the hooks 4 mav be held against the body whenever desired.

The end of the body that is connected to the line is provided with an axial shaft 9.

and the outer end of the shaft 9 is bent at right angles to itself. as at 10, and connected with the line. By means of this construction, it will be seen that when the body is drawn through the water. such body will revolve planet fashion.

While I have herein shown and described the preferred forms of my invention by way and holding hooks arran ed on the body in the body, said body having grooves dis 0s transverse ulinement witl the attached end about its surface for the reception 0 sai of the fish hooks for removable engagement fish hooks.

5 with the fish hook shanks to hold said In testimony whereof I eflix my signature.

shanks at substantially right angles to the medial line of the body with the gafi end LYMAN P. MASON.

-fish hooks pivotully connevted to said body, thereof spaoed a considerable distanve fro i 

